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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the origin of pathos?

2. If ecstasy were a requirement for a prophet, which prophets of the Old Testament would not have been classified as prophets?

3. To be a prophet means to identify one's concern with what?

4. In ancient times, Israel only knew God as what?

5. In what religion do you do away with all feeling and obtain a type of peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Heschel describe as the end to indifference?

2. To what does Heschel compare the descriptions of prophecy?

3. What is anthropopathy?

4. Why does Heschel think it is hard for people to understand the wrath of God?

5. Why does Heschel say Karma is opposed to prophetic thinking?

6. What is one difference between apathy and pathos, as explained by Heschel?

7. Do all scholars agree with Philo's view of ecstasy and the prophets?

8. Why does Heschel call indifference evil?

9. How does Heschel describe God?

10. Describe one theory that Heschel discusses regarding prophets and their revelations from God.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From among the following list of prophets, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Second Isaiah. choose the one you consider to be the most important. Discuss why you think he was the most important. In your discussion, include information on the man, the social ills, what he said, and how he said it.

Essay Topic 2

Justice was an important theme for the prophets. Define what justice meant to the prophets. Discuss what problems there were with justice. Pick two prophets and explain how they dealt with the issue of justice.

Essay Topic 3

Through their lives and in their prophesies the prophets convey different images or concepts of God. Choose three prophets and compare/contrast their concepts of God.

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